Terra Nova Nurseries , a world leader in plant fostering and genetics , today announced a list of top varieties that have bold foliage gloss , texture , size , or other unique characteristics . The company also release brand - novel videos showcasing prize , sheer leafage varieties , including Agastache Poquito Butter Yellow , Agastache Poquito Orange , Aralia ‘ Sun King ’ , Artemisia Makana Silver , Ajuga ‘ Blueberry Muffin ’ , and Fatsia ‘ Spider ’s Web ’ . The novel picture are part of the “ Terra Nova Varieties View ” series featuring Chuck Pavlich , Terra Nova ’s director of new merchandise development .
A new television raise by Terra Nova showcases the companionship ’s award - winningAgastache Poquito Butter Yellowand highly - ratedAgastache Poquito Orange . Also included in the collection areAgastache Poquito Dark BlueandAgastache Poquito Lavender . Agastache Poquito Butter Yellow won the “ Southern Plant Tour Industry Top Pick ” awarding and “ Classic City Award ” at the 2019 Trial Gardens at the University of Georgia ( UGA ) . TheAgastache Poquito Collectionis one of Terra Nova ’s most popular collections , which led to the video ’s creation .
Agastache POQUITO Collection
The Agastache Poquito Collection ’s varieties have showy , orotund spikes of hopeful - colored flowers , and grow in a gnome , bushy substance abuse , making them a great colour spot in borders , container and mixed beds . They have a foliation tallness of 10 - 12 ” , foliage spread of 14 - 15 ” , and bloom height of 13 - 15 ” . U.S.D.A Hardiness Zones for the Agastache Poquito Collection is 5 - 10 , and its exposure allows for full sun . Terra Nova during its bringing up history has premise an abundance of agastache across more than 20 potpourri and three series .
Aralia ' Sun King’also has been feature in a brand - new video . Pavlich showed the large , bright leaf as a special feature of speech in the video . “ It can quickly rise to be 6 understructure marvelous , and its appearance changes from lemon - colored in the Sunday to lime - distort in the shade , ” he explain .
Aralia ‘ Sun King ’ produces small clusters of white , orbiter - like blossom and purple berries in recent summertime . It has a foliage pinnacle of 48 ” , foliage spread of 48 ” , and blossom stature of 48 ” . U.S.D.A Hardiness Zones for Aralia ‘ Sun King ’ are 3 - 9 , and its exposure allow for for specter to part Sunday .
“ Artemisia MAKANA ™ Silver ”
Artemisia Makana Silverhas soft and billowy , silver leaf that forms a mounding shrub , making it great for use in hanging baskets , mixed containers , borders , and quite a little planting . Pavlich explains in the video of this plant that its silvery foliage is a result of having acquire in higher elevations on the island of Maui in Hawaii . The foliage of this fast - growing yearly serve as a protective finish that preclude wet loss and worm attack . It has a foliage summit of 24 ” and leaf spread of 36 ” . U.S.D.A Hardiness Zones for Artemisia Makana Silver are 9 - 11 , and its photo permits full sun . Artemisia Makana Silver was selected as “ Best Novelty ” in the 2018 Annual Flower Trial Garden at Colorado State University ( CSU ) .
Ajuga ' Blueberry Muffin '
Ajuga ' Blueberry Muffin’is an extremely vigorous , large - flowering variety that has small , yet wooden-headed , bronze leaf and blueberry - blue flowers . This easy - to - uprise perennial has a dull , mounding and spread increase riding habit that suppress weeds , and performs well as a groundcover , an edger or in a container . “ It is probably the best efflorescence variety in the food market , ” bring out Pavlich in the video of this variety . It has a foliage meridian of 6 ” , foliage spread of 18 ” and flower tallness of 10 ” . U.S.D.A Hardiness Zones for Ajuga ‘ Blueberry Muffin ’ are 5 - 9 , and its exposure allows for sun to shade .
Fatsia ' Spider ’s Web '
Fatsia ' Spider ’s Web’is a desirable , rare evergreen that has unspecific , palmate leaves with white spattering and dotting . The variegation changes with the season and as the works ages . According to Pavlich in the video of this perennial , it always has a flowy , wanderer web leafage consequence , whether it is in the sunshine or shade . It develop white flowers with black berries in the wintertime . This plant can be grown in the garden or as a houseplant , and can add bluff grain , sake and play to containers and mixed borders . It has a leaf height of 60 ” , leafage spread head of 48 ” and bloom superlative of 65 ” . U.S.D.A Hardiness Zones for Fatsia ‘ Spider ’s Web ’ are 7 - 9 , and its exposure is full and partial shade .
Acanthus ' Whitewater '
Acanthus ' Whitewater’is a vigorous and variegated perennial that has a striking , bluff leafage with deeply cut , white gross profit and splashing on the leaves . It forms a large , clumping riding habit with 4 understructure tall , pink and cream efflorescence husk in the summertime , shit it a bold idiom in shadiness gardens or perennial borders . It has a foliage height of 36 ” , foliage spread of 36 ” and flower height of 48 ” . U.S.D.A Hardiness Zones for Acanthus ‘ Whitewater ’ are 7 - 10 , and its exposure includes sun to part shade .
Actaea ‘ Black Negligee ’
Actaea ‘ Black Negligee’has lacy , black foliage that cloaks its dark-skinned theme , and an upright piano , clumping habit . It is a vigorous works with empurpled - tinted , white flowers that project 2 feet marvelous and farm a scent of grape vine and jasmine . The foliage of this industrial plant look darkest when founder full sun and plenty of water . It has a foliage height of 48 ” , foliage counterpane of 24 ” and flower superlative of 60 ” . U.S.D.A Hardiness Zones for Actaea ‘ Black Negligee ’ are 5 - 9 , and its photo allows for full Sunday or partial shade .
Terra Nova has plan to create videos of Acanthus ‘ Whitewater ’ and Actaea ‘ Black Negligee ’ in the hereafter .
